Loose Parts by Dave Blazek for July 05, 2023

Some cartoonists just know how to suck the air out of a room

Remember: Put on your own mask first before helping your duck. The bear can fend for himself.

(No, that isn’t @Gent, who seldom goes nekkid on his rare forays into comics and always keeps an emergency oxygen supply under his hat. I suspect that this is his louche cousin Joe Bob.)

But can this cartoon be used as a floatation device in the event of a water landing?

Where’s the bar they’re supposed to be walking into?

DON’T PANIC!

Darn! A bear and a duck. That was going to be a good one!

Along with a rapid loss of humor.

Did I stumble into the Far Side?

“… and please return your cartoon panel to it’s upright position”

A cow, a pig, and a chicken walk into a barbecue joint.

Put on your own oxygen mask first. Before you help your emotional support duck with theirs. Breath normally as you calmly watch the woman try to find a play to put down the coffee and book so she can put on hers. Wait, the book mark slipped out!

Wow, duck faart jokes. How mature!

That happens lot when holding a duck.

Been more appropriate with a cartoonist attempting another castaway on a tiny island or Sisyphus cartoon.

Duck!

Air today; gone tomorrow.

Place the mask over your own face, before assisting children and ducks.

Be sure to put your own mask on first before putting on the duck’s mask. I took high-altitude training in the Air Force, which includes passing out from hypoxia as part of the program. It happens FAST!

I still don’t “get” it

I don’t know why I’m laughing at this…I sure don’t get it! It still makes me giggle

Remember to put your own mask on before helping your duck,

Good thing the 4th wall is there or you would all suffocate

Blazek does his best work under pressure.This is what happens when there is none

No worries. There’s a sudden inrush of air when the fourth wall was broken.

“Be sure to fasten your own mask before assisting your duck”

why a duck…?

I would describe this as one of those “I don’t have an idea for today’s cartoon, so I’ll do a cartoon built around the idea of not having an idea . . . which means I actually do have an idea” situations.